TARANIS Interacts with VRILLE and PDP1 to Modulate the Circadian Transcriptional Feedback Mechanism in Drosophila

Jan 31, 2024The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience

TARANIS works with VRILLE and PDP1 to regulate the internal clock control system in fruit flies

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Knocking down TARANIS (TARA) in flies reduces rhythm amplitude and may shorten the circadian period.

TARA is involved in regulating the circadian clock by modulating the activity of the transcription factors VRI and PDP1.
Overexpression of TARA can lengthen the circadian period and strengthen rhythmic behavior.
Mutants lacking TARA show decreased rhythmicity and lower levels of PDF neuropeptide expression.
TARA physically interacts with both VRI and PDP1, enhancing their repressor and activator functions, respectively.
The SERTA domain of TARA is critical for its regulatory role, and its deletion results in reduced locomotor rhythmicity.

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The molecular clock that generates daily rhythms of behavior and physiology consists of interlocked transcription-translation feedback loops. In, the primary feedback loop involving the CLOCK-CYCLE transcriptional activators and the PERIOD-TIMELESS transcriptional repressors is interlocked with a secondary loop involving VRILLE (VRI) and PAR DOMAIN PROTEIN 1 (PDP1), a repressor and activator oftranscription, respectively. Whereas extensive studies have found numerous transcriptional, translational, and posttranslational modulators of the primary loop, relatively little is known about the secondary loop. In this study, using male and female flies as well as cultured cells, we demonstrate that TARANIS (TARA), ahomolog of the TRIP-Br/SERTAD family of transcriptional coregulators, functions with VRI and PDP1 to modulate the circadian period and rhythm strength. Knocking downreduces rhythm amplitude and can shorten the period length, while overexpressing TARA lengthens the circadian period. Additionally,mutants exhibit reduced rhythmicity and lower expression of the PDF neuropeptide. We find that TARA can form a physical complex with VRI and PDP1, enhancing their repressor and activator functions, respectively. The conserved SERTA domain of TARA is required to regulate the transcriptional activity of VRI and PDP1, and its deletion leads to reduced locomotor rhythmicity. Consistent with TARA's role in enhancing VRI and PDP1 activity, overexpressinghas a similar effect on the circadian period and rhythm strength as simultaneously overexpressingandTogether, our results suggest that TARA modulates circadian behavior by enhancing the transcriptional activity of VRI and PDP1. Drosophila Clock Drosophila tara tara tara vri Pdp1

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TARANIS Interacts with VRILLE and PDP1 to Modulate the Circadian Transcriptional Feedback Mechanism in Drosophila

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